So I prophesied (A)as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, (B)a rattling,[a] and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But (C)there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, (D)“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, (E)son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from (F)the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied (G)as he commanded me, and (H)the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:7 Or an earthquake (compare 3:12, 13)

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath;(A) prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds(B) and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded(C) me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.(D)

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